Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-01-06
coon pIsiNFECTANTS.
e.r.bIe Remedies for stopping the Spread
: of Contagious Diseases.

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s,.r,bye Remedies for stopping the Spread
: of Contagious Diseases.
While looking over the papers in his
5ask recently Chief Sanitary Officer
charles W. Francis found list of the
host disinfectants to be used in prevent
mo the spread of contagious diseases.
The list was prepared in 1879, during
his term as health commissioner, the
yellow fever raging at the time in
the South, with some scattering
eases in the city and others at quaran-
tine. The following is the list, together
with the directions as to the purpose of
the articles and how they are to be used:
Carbolic acid Qluid)-To disinfect
vaults, cesspools, drains and sewers,
garbage and decaying matter. also bed
ding and clothing, to be used as follows:
Dilute at the rate of from forty to one
hundred parts of water to one of acid
Half pint to be poured in every vault
For large masses of filth pour in solu-
ton every hour until every part is dis
infected. To disinfect clothing mix the
acid with an equal quantity of strong
Z.
of sick-room susl end a piece of cloth
soaked in diluted solution.
Carbolic Acid (crude)-To disinfect
grounds. drains. or the air of a foul
place. for the sprinkling of streets,
cutters. etc. dilute or thoroughly agi-
tate the acid in forty to fifty parts of
water and saturate with same.
Charcoal Powder-To absorb the
putrid gasses of any damp or offensive
place, sprinkle when dry and fresh.
Chloride of Lime-To give off
chlorine to destroy putrid effiuvia and
TO stop putrefaction in cellars. vaults
and stables: Use dry and sprinkle on
the floors of apartments, or, better, use
in solution. and wash the floors and
woodwork with it. Strong vinegar
poured on it increases its efficiency.
Chlorinated Soda-For disenfecting
clothing and cleansing the surface of
corpses: Use pint of the solution to
two quarts of hot water.
Heavy Oil of Coal Tar-For drains,
sewers, foul heaps, ETC.: Mix with saw
dust and spread thickly upon the ground
or paint the inside walls with it.
Permanganate of Potassa-To be
used in disinfecting clothing and tow
els. bedding. etc, from patents sick
with infectious diseases. Throw the
clothing to be disinfected into a tub
of water in which one ounce of this dis
infectant has been dissolved in every
three gallons of water.
Quick-lime-To absorb moisture and
putrid fluids and free from foul smells:
Use fresh stone lime finely broken and
sprinkle or place in plates or pan, or
wfitewash with pure lime in damp
rooms.
Scsqui-chloride of iron, for vaults:
Take 4 solution of 1.30 specific gravity
and throw it into vaults, or, better
Still, use what is known as the metro
politan diSinfecting fluid, which is the
solution of the sesqui-chloride of iron
with ten per cent of carbOIic acid.
SulphUrous acid for the dsinfcction
of infected apartments, carpets, ETC., to
which boiling heat can not be applied:
The windows and doors leading out of
the infected room to be closed. then
fumigate with burning sulphur. The
room must remain under the action
from two TO six hours. A common ten
ement-room will require about two
pounds of sulphur to be burned on a
=sheet-iron pan supported by an iron
stand nine inches high.
Sulphate of Iron Compensate dis
infect the same as carbolic acid: One of
the best disinfectants is made by dis
solving eight or ten pounds of the sui
phate in five gallons of water, and add
one pint of fluid carbolic acid. Stir or
agitate the mixture briskiy to make a
complete solution. Use i'll the same
manner as was directed for carbolic
acid, only pour double the quantity
morning and evening into water-closet
pans.
ulphate of zinc may be used for the
same purpose as permanganate of po-
tassa. Use two ounces of the sulphate
to one gill of water.-St. Louis Repub-
Hc0R.